Chapter 5 AP Human Geography – Flashcards
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A group of languages that share a common origin but have since evolved into individual langues is a
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language family
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Both the Angles and the Normans contributed to the development of the English language, because they
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invaded England
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Russian is part of what language branch
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Balto-Slavic
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According to Colin Renfrew's research, indo European languages diffused across Europe
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with the diffusion of agriculture
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Which of the following is not a Romance Language
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Bulgarian
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The geographic study of the distribution of languages provides a good example of
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the interplay between globalization and local diversity
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Franglais is
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the use of English in the French language
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The language family encompassing the languages of the peoples republic of China is
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Sino-Tibetan
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The foremost frequently spoken branches of indo European include all but
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Celtic
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An isogloss is
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a boundary between language regions
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A creolized language is
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a mix of indigenous and colonial languages
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The two most important languages in South America are
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Portuguese and Spanish
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The survival of any language relies on
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the political and military strength of its speakers
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The Kurgans
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were headers from the steppes of Central Asia
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The language spoken by soldiers stationed throughout the Roman empire was known as
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vulgar latin
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a pidgin language
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has no native speakers
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tHE FIRST SPEAKERS OF THE LANGUAGE THAT EVOLVED INTO eNGLISH were tribes that lived in present-day
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Denmark
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English is part of which language family
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Indo-European
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A literary tradition is
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the written form of a language
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Dialects developed in England primarily because
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different germanic invaders settled in different regions
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A lingua franca is
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a language understood by people who have different native languages
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Basque is a good example of an
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isolated language
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The two largest language families in the world are
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Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European
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The most important language family in Sub-Saharan Africa is
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Niger-Congo
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When languages are depicted as leaves on trees, the trunks of the trees represent
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language families
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Every European country is dominated by Indo European speakers except
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Finland Hungary and Estonia
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The main difference between languages in the same family, branch, or group is how
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recently in time the languages were once the same
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According to the maps and diagrams in this chapter, England was invaded by tribes from
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Germanic-speaking areas
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A group of languages that share a common ancestor before recorded history is a
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language root
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British and American English differ in all but which of the following
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alphabet
